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June 27, 2013, 5:38PM

A Downtown Jersey City woman was removed from her home after inspectors found her Seventh Street residence overrun by cats, dogs, bedbugs, roaches, and scattered with animal feces when officials were called to the apartment by the landlord today. “The conditions were horrible and the stench was unbelievable,” said H. James Boor, the city’s chief health officer of the... Full story »

August 31, 2011, 6:41PM

MILLVILLE — Residents and family of residents at the Maurice House in Millville can breath a sigh of relief. No more bedbugs. According to a release form the President and CEO of the assisted living home Laurie Bebo, residents of the facility began returning to the facility yesterday (Aug. 31). They had been housed at the Goldfinch House, about... Full story »

August 25, 2011, 2:35PM

TRENTON — The New Jersey Senate has approved a measure aimed at stamping out bedbugs. The bill would require commercial facilities that have beds to have agreements in place with exterminators to eradicate bedbugs if they're found. Hospitals, nursing homes, homeless shelters and hotels all would have to sign bedbug treatment plans. Bedbugs are small, parasitic insects that infest... Full story »

June 14, 2011, 1:05PM

A bedbug was found this morning in a classroom at School 5 in Jersey City, and school employees are now cleaning the two affected classrooms, according to the school's principal. A 13-year-old female student brought the pest from home, said Principal Wendy Perez. When a teacher noticed the bug crawling on a table, she notified the school nurse, who... Full story »

May 04, 2011, 8:25AM

Over the next 19 months, a special program devoted to figuring out the most effective ways to get rid of bedbugs will be established at a Jersey City seniors building, The Jersey Journal reports. A $100,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be used to establish an Integrated Pest Management program at Berry Gardens, a seniors-only affordable... Full story »

May 01, 2011, 4:15PM

A Jersey City seniors building is about to become a test lab for scientists figuring out the most effective ways to get rid of bedbugs. Changlu Wang and Richard Cooper, a professor and graduate student at Rutgers University, will be using part of a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to establish an Integrated Pest Management program... Full story »

April 27, 2011, 2:10PM

ANDREW TANGEL The Record The Northeast's bedbug problem is expected to worsen this summer as temperatures rise and vacationers increase traffic in hotels, entomologists and pest-control experts say. Hotels and summer camps are among the businesses seeking information about policies and procedures for dealing with bedbugs from BedBug Central, a Lawrenceville-based website offering products and services aimed at eradicating... Full story »

April 07, 2011, 9:02PM

NEW BRUNSWICK — Rutgers University researchers have received a federal grant worth nearly $100,000 to help educate low-income residents about the dangers of bedbugs. As part of a 19-month project, the money from the Environmental Protection Agency will be used to conduct outreach efforts to at least 50 low-income communities in New Jersey and set up a pest management... Full story »

April 05, 2011, 9:33PM

WEST NEW YORK -- A classroom at Memorial High School was reopened today after it was exterminated for bedbugs, the district superintendent said. Superintendent of Schools John Fauta said the classroom was emptied of students sometime last week after the cleaning staff spotted a bedbug. The bedbug sighting was reported to the city's Board of Health and the Centers... Full story »

March 20, 2011, 6:45AM

MORRISTOWN — Marc Stepper is an electrical subcode inspector who works in Morristown and lives in Old Bridge. He enters and examines a couple thousand homes each year, and lately he has been worrying about taking his work home with him. "I’m certainly going to come into contact with bedbugs eventually," he said. "I don’t want to bring them... Full story »

March 07, 2011, 8:05AM

Bedbugs were found in two patient rooms at the Meadowview Psychiatric Hospital in Secaucus, The Jersey Journal reports. The two rooms county-operated hospital have been quarantined for the past seven weeks, a county official confirmed. The rooms have undergone extermination and testing and will be checked again for bedbugs in mid-March. Full story from The Jersey Journal: Bedbugs found... Full story »